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lied’s training facility so that individu- als worldwide can gain knowledge on a particular holemaking or finishing application. Furthermore, the in-depth application discussions and practical hands-on training sessions of TES will be offered from Allied Machine’s training facilities once it is safe and appropriate to meet in person.
From basic training for associates to more advanced training for experi- enced persons in the industry, Allied Tool Academy now serves to meet a variety of needs. Participating in Allied Tool Academy enables individuals to be better equipped in providing optimal holemaking and finishing solutions to end users. Allied’s field sales engineers are available for further on-location training as needed.
OGP Celebrates Milestone
75TH Anniversary
Optical Gaging Products (OGP®) a division of Quality Vision Interna- tional Inc (QVI®), is celebrating its milestone 75-year anniversary as a world leading manufacturer of preci- sion multisensor metrology systems for industrial quality control.
Chairman and CEO, Edward T. Polidor, remarked: “In my time with the company, I have witnessed a dra- matic change in how optical instru- ments perform measurement. When OGP was founded 75 years ago, users typically relied on microscopes and op- tical comparators, depending entirely on their own judgement to ascertain the measurement. Today, the modern automatic video measuring system is
completely computer controlled, using video cameras that depend little on the operator’s visual skills to produce accurate measurements. How these systems became more accurate, auto- mated, faster, and ever more capable is OGP’s contribution to this remarkable transformation.”
The company started from humble beginnings in post-war 1945 producing optical comparators. Automatic edge detection for the optical comparator was developed in 1956 in the form of Projectron, an early electro-optical im- age sensing system. OGP introduced the first truly revolutionary computer controlled automatic video measuring system in 1980 – the Vidicom Quali- fier. Then, OGP pioneered multisensor measurement by adding lasers and
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